Example output: examples/seo-sitemap-notion-so-20260514/SITEMAP.md

Sitemap Analysis

Compare a domain's XML sitemap against the most recent SE Ranking website audit. Surface what the sitemap claims vs what the crawler actually found, in both directions.

Prerequisites

• SE Ranking MCP server connected.
• Claude's WebFetch tool available.
• User provides: a target domain. Optional: the sitemap URL if not at /sitemap.xml (auto-discovery from robots.txt is attempted first).
• Predecessor: seo-technical-audit (or any prior SE Ranking audit) on this domain. Without an existing audit, this skill has nothing to compare against — chain seo-technical-audit first.

Process

1. Validate target & confirm audit
   • Normalise the domain.
   • DATA_listAudits → confirm an audit exists for this domain. If none, surface a clear message: "Run seo-technical-audit first; this skill compares the sitemap to that audit's crawl."
   • Use the most recent done audit by default.
   • Firecrawl availability check. If mcp__firecrawl-mcp__firecrawl_map is available, Mode-2 (URL discovery via crawl) is offered when the sitemap is missing or suspect. Cost: ~0.5 Firecrawl credits per URL discovered, hard cap 500 URLs (~250 credits). Without Firecrawl, the skill runs Mode-1 only and notes the gap if Mode-2 was needed. User may pass --no-firecrawl to force Mode-1 even when Firecrawl is available (saves credits at the cost of orphan/missing analysis when sitemap is broken).